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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Music Runs In The Family

If you have been following my blog since I started writing it, you
will of course know I am from the Philippines. What you may not know is
music is the lifeblood of the Filipino. We live and breathe music, we
romance each other with music it is in our very soul. Most Filipinos
can play a musical instrument, being a banjo, ukelele, or an instrument
familiar to a native tribe, but the ultimate is the classical Spanish
Guitar. Playing a guitar evokes images of gentleman wooing their
sweethearts in the tradition of the Ligaw (courting). I had always wanted to buy a guitar but it was too expensive for us to afford.

My father with my guitar in the Philippines.

Until I met my husband. When we were courting he
took us on a trip to Cebu and while there we went to Mactan Island he
bought me a classical Spanish Guitar. The guitars of Mactan are as good
as Benedetto guitars. It was at that point that I discovered that
learning how to play a guitar is hard, especially getting it in tune.
I did eventually learn some simple things with the guitar but it was my
brother who really excelled in learning how to play. Now all I need is some kind of microphone like this sennheiser ew 112-p g3. When he was over
our house he would sit endless hours just strumming the strings and
learning songs. Now that I am in the USA with my husband, I left the
guitar with my brother, but I rather miss it now and wish that I had
brought it along with me. I also love playing drums but I'm not as good
as my brother, how I wish I have the talent for that too. My brother
has a set of Drums that he got inherited from our Uncle, who is a good drummer also, he even had a group of bands when he was in college.